I well remember his reading the lines of the hymn-- Let every critter jine To praise the eternal God.
Scattered about the church were the good gray heads of many survivors of the Revolution--the men who had been at the bridge on the 19th of April, and who made the first armed resistance to the British power.

They were very striking and venerable figures, with their queues and knee-breeches and shoes with shining buckles.

Men were more particular about their apparel in those days than we are now.

They had great stateliness of behavior, and admitted of little familiarity.
They had heard John Buttrick's order to fire, which marked the moment when our country was born.

The order was given to British subjects.